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HaN-
France1920 Posts
Blizzard just said they are working to improve it. ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/7Xz3bzm.png) What do you want them to change? Do you prefer a dark and cold design or more warm and colorfull? (Ideally post examples of UI designs that you like.) What features do you want them to add? To contribute to this, I made a design mockup, it's far from perfect but I think it gives a good idea of what the design could look if the composition was closer to the original one. Original ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/V0a0032.png) Currently on 1.18 PTR ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/EGW3dW6.png) My design ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/LDP7J4p.png) | ||
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CrownRoyal
Vatican City State1872 Posts
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neobowman
Canada3324 Posts
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duke91
Germany1458 Posts
On April 01 2017 00:27 neobowman wrote: While I have a lot of nostalgia for the old battle.net UI, it definitely clashed a bit with the style of the rest of the game. I'm honestly fine with the new PTR UI but I wouldn't mind if they shifted it around a bit to resemble the old battle.net UI like yours does. Why can't we just choose the skin? | ||
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SCC-Faust
United States3736 Posts
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ROOTFayth
Canada3351 Posts
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Tadah
Sweden120 Posts
 Edit: Though if I may make one suggestion for a possible variation on your design -- Perhaps add some 3-dimensionality to the left side button-column, making them more block-like and similar in style to the original design. Not for nostalgia's sake, but more so because their clunky appearance together with that punching sound-effect that plays when you click them really makes for a sort of satisfying experience navigating through the various menus. | ||
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kogeT
Poland2042 Posts
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wabe.PrayHard
Bolivia45 Posts
+ would like to see if anyone else present more options | ||
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JungleTerrain
Chile799 Posts
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SirGlinG
Sweden933 Posts
It's simple, reminds me of the old one! Something I'd like to keep with the PTR UI though, is the red frames, green colour for "Join", "create" etc. I think it thematically should remain more BW than SC2, that details like that could be key for this. So I love the direction and how u set it all up. Throw in some more BW feeling and I'm 100% aboard! | ||
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Garmer
1286 Posts
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HaN-
France1920 Posts
On April 01 2017 01:40 JungleTerrain wrote: Wow your UI mockup looks great! How did you even make that? I collected graphical elements from Blizzard Starcraft website and then did a montage with Photoshop. | ||
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Th1rdEye
United States1074 Posts
The one now is like the shitty screen you hit enter through to get to B.net or when that rare time you'd be using Hamachi CC or LAN play. Such a dark dark screen.. like you're hiding on some distant moon avoiding all war duties :D | ||
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ProMeTheus112
France2027 Posts
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ionONE
Germany605 Posts
Social is not 100 % clear, especially if you have new players testing this interface. Is this the long waited facebook integration for bw? Buttons for Play, Training and Ladder? I am not sure if 3 buttons are necessary just to play the game (its not clear enough what training means) I would move the profile button below the social tab and it has to be discussed if a profile button is needed. Overall my excitement for the new interface (1.18) is gone, its definitely harder to go places. I like your design! | ||
Liquid`Sheth
United States2095 Posts
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intotheheart
Canada33091 Posts
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TT1
Canada10036 Posts
i hope you post this on blizzard's forum | ||
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RWLabs
Korea (South)273 Posts
I'll need some time to get used to the PTR one personally. | ||
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BossPurple
Sweden65 Posts
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B-royal
Belgium1330 Posts
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DanteStyle55
14 Posts
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d(O.o)a
Canada5066 Posts
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Sero
United States692 Posts
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WGT-Baal
France3481 Posts
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KenNage
Chile885 Posts
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HerbMon
United States469 Posts
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danielias21
39 Posts
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HiDrAWaRx
10 Posts
1) I think that the idea from Blizzard to put together the Friend list with channel list is not that bad, since it's all about players but surely they should make it nicer. 2) The option "play" from the left side bar of your desing should be a drop-down list with options like "join", "create", "matchmaking", "practice" and others that may appear. 3) The way to look at someone's profile shouldn't change the whole screen, they could instead make it a pop-out desing that shows up on left of the player by clicking into their nick and that disappears by moving the mouse out of the player's square or clicking once again | ||
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Broodwar4lyf
304 Posts
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ProMeTheus112
France2027 Posts
for example you could choose to display your 1v1 ladder rank, or 2v2 rank, or just another icon that you earned for a number of wins using a particular race or etc? maybe even give a choice for example, when you have 500 P wins, there are several P icons you can pick from for 500 wins?  just suggestion; so everyone can go for their own thing and personalize? | ||
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wishbonesaka
Canada117 Posts
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Liquid`Jinro
Sweden33719 Posts
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eviltomahawk
United States11135 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/cmgDb.png) Although I like the features in OP's mockup a lot more, I'm not convinced that it's wrong to keep the same aesthetics as the rest of the game. While there is merit in changing the background or improving the responsiveness or adding more features, I personally thought that the game's regular UI felt slick and clean. | ||
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Trozz
Canada3456 Posts
If Blizzard does not make it, the fans will instead. | ||
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snakethebest9405
Cuba22 Posts
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outscar
2832 Posts
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Shock710
Australia6097 Posts
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shaggles
Poland108 Posts
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iopq
United States1083 Posts
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[sc1f]eonzerg
Belgium6964 Posts
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probelife66
142 Posts
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Th1rdEye
United States1074 Posts
On April 02 2017 00:39 [sc1f]eonzerg wrote: It looks so good that now im angry with the shitty ui blizzard came with.like seriously? How can a team of 25 people come with something so cheap in every aspect I feel the same way. It's almost like they have some old timer working on their stuff that hasn't updated his skill set since 2002 or something ^_^ Blizz.. if you're reading this, I support you, but we all agree that the UI needs some work Please take some notes here. I would place a bet that a lot of us here have actually played more BW and have been around it longer than some of the developers currently working on it. | ||
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Soohyung
Korea (South)116 Posts
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Moonsalt
267 Posts
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fazek42
Hungary438 Posts
I liked the old black background, made it feel not gimmicky and more like a simple, normal place to write text. Still feel that the old colours are more friendly and warm, and I like the whisper button on the bottom right in the original: makes it simple to message someone without having to type /w [username]. Overall, nice initiative, nice design, and definitely a move in the right direction. Edit: It's also probably the power of habit, but yours is probably one I could accept / get used to The more I look at it, the more I like it. But yeah, bring back the whisper button :D | ||
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Master of DalK
Canada1803 Posts
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Espers
United Kingdom606 Posts
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